Tag Archives: retro

May 01 2026
Leave a comment
Daily Post, Urban scene

Windows of the Retro Bar, now dead

Friday 1st May 2026, 11.30am (day 5,363)

Retro bar, dead, 1/5/26

Going on the gig posters that still sit, forlornly, behind a metal screen just to the right of this shot, the Retro Bar, on the corner of Sackville and Charles Streets in Manchester, closed in summer 2025. The reason? Because there are no longer any students up at this end of the campus. Whatever is being planned for the acreage of the old UMIST buildings, it has involved gradually emptying them over the last decade or so, and accumulating what must amount to real estate value of tens, perhaps even hundreds, of millions of pounds. I’m sure my employer is well aware of this.

Meanwhile — it was loud and peaceful, so Mark attests. Note the train heading over the viaduct.

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Oct 02 2019
1 Comment
Daily Post, Interior

Barbershop juke

Wednesday 2nd October 2019, 3.20pm (day 2,960)

Juke box, 2/10/19

Definitely in a juke. Seen in a barbers’ shop — I really needed a haircut. A pleasingly retro moment on a pleasingly sunny day.

Tagged , , , , , , ,
Aug 05 2019
Leave a comment
Art and architecture, Daily Post

The Atomium

Monday 5th August 2019, 2.00pm (day 2,902)

Atomium, 5/8/19

The Atomium is a 100m tall representation of an iron crystal, built for the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels. It was supposed to only stand for six months, but was such a good idea that it’s still there, and gives you a pleasingly retro (though slightly overpriced) tourist experience as you go up into the various spheres and tubes. Probably somewhere in these reflections I appear, and thus this is a self-portrait, but let’s not worry about that too much.

Tagged , , , , , , ,